T-minus one week and counting

Last Saturday in the house with it intact for a while... So, what's new since the last message...

1) Went to store for lawn fertilizer (decided not to let the lawn go entirely) - on way, noticed the external temperature was 90-degrees F. Shudder. One hour later, noticed I was sun-burned. Ugh. Has the look of a hot summer...

2) Had garage sale - relatively successful. Made more than twice (almost 3x) as much as last year; delivered 4 boxes to Goodwill afterward. Less to move. $ to buy beer for David (well, a dent at least).

3) Virginia Delegate Glenn Oder called us last night to discuss House Bill 46. Nice since it was 9PM and he's not even my delegate; he's the bill's sponsor. He clarified that the bill is signed by the Governor (yay), that it is intended as a grant not a loan (yay yay), and that it is unfunded (booooo). He also said that it would not cover reimbursements to people performing self-remediation (me) as written (boo boo), but said he would introduce an amendment to the bill to fix that oversight. I should have suggested that it be called "the Patrick amendment", but didn't think of it in time. We'll watch for the amendment, and hope the federal government funds the account. I'll post a link to the bill status on the blog.

4) Found a cigar store on this side of the water - about 10 minutes from house. Serendipitous find. Closes at 8pm though, so didn't get inside for a look. A good find for winding down after 20 hours of drywall removal on the weekends... I bet we still can't smoke in the house even though we're removing the walls... We'll have to check with the boss on that one.

Will drop a line again tomorrow. A big pack-planning day planned (say that 3 times fast). Grammy arriving.

- P